Small printed antennas with a parasitic folded shorted-strip for dual-band WLAN

Small printed antennas with a parasitic folded shorted-strip for dual-band WLAN are presented. The proposed antennas are based on the parasitic shorted-patch structure which is a popular approach for further bandwidth improvement. According to our simulation results, two prototype antennas are manufactured and measured. The obtained antennas operate in IEEE802.11a/b/g bands (2.4-2.484GHz and 5.15-5.35GHz bands) and can be adopted for various potable applications.